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Cryptophis boschmai (BRONGERSMA & KNAAP VAN MEEUWEN, 1964)

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Higher TaxaElapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Carpentaria whip snake 
SynonymDenisonia boschmai BRONGERSMA & KNAAP VAN MEEUWEN 1964: 553
Unechis boschmai — MENGDEN 1983
Unechis boschmai — COGGER 1983: 238
Rhinoplocephalus boschmai — WILSON & KNOWLES 1988
Rhinoplocephalus boschmai — HUTCHINSON 1990
Rhinoplocephalus boschmai — WELCH 1994: 105
Suta boschmai — SHINE 1994
Rhinoplocephalus boschmai — COGGER 2000: 677
Cryptophis boschmai — ESCORIZA BOJ 2005
Cryptophis boschmai — GREER 2006 (online)
Cryptophis boschmai — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 464
Unechis boschmai crutchfieldi HOSER 2012
Rhinoplocephalus boschmai — WALLACH et al. 2014: 640
Cryptophis boschmai — COGGER 2014: 873 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland), Papua New Guinea, Indonesia (Irian Jaya)

Type locality: Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: RMNH 10874 M 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2721 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy partly after COGGER 1983 and PARKER 1972. MCDOWELL 1970 considered Denisonia boschmai as a geographic variation of Suta carpentariae.

Venomous! 
EtymologyNamed after Professor Dr. Hilbrand Boschma (1893-1976), a Dutch zoologist, herpetologist, and (primarily) expert on crustaceans. 
References
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